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Chimay Rouge (Red)

Chimay Rouge (Red) - Abbey Dubbel

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 Percentile 
97
overall
Brewed by Chimay
Style: Abbey Dubbel

Baileux, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
19463.79/5.03.79/5.07%97.2Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
Bottle Conditioned.
Ingredients: Pilsner malt (French barley from Champagne) & caramalt; German Hallertaur & American Galena hops. Yeast & sugar added to the bottled beer.
Chimay Rouge (Red) is noted for its coppery colour which makes it particularly attractive. Topped with a creamy head, it gives off a light, fruity apricot aroma produced by the fermentation. The taste perceived in the mouth is a balance confirming the fruity nuances noticed in the fragrance. Its taste, which imparts a silky sensation to the tongue, is made refreshing by a light touch of bitterness. To the palate, the taster perceives a pleasant astringency which complements the flavour qualities of this beer very harmoniously. This top fermented Trappist beer, refermented in the bottle, is not pasteurised.
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 alobar (1006), Harleysville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Dec 30, 2007  
Pours a copper color with a soapy tan head. Aroma of fruit, yeast, and malts. Taste malts, mild yeast, and apricot. Nice beer. Not quite a blue.


 Anglofile (135), Piti, Guam
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/517/20
Dec 30, 2007  
Copper colour with a bubbly/foamy head and bubbles from the bottom. Aroma of fresh apricots, random fruitiness. Flavors of apricots (at end of tongue) with a pleasant bite and a sharp palate.


 Bier brauen (210), Bremerton, Washington, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/514/20
Dec 29, 2007  
pours copper. Nice cream colored head that thins somewhat but does stay. Does seem to have an aroma of apricots. Medium mouthfeel. Nicely caronated. Tastes of malt sweetness with medium bitter with slight sour finish. To be honest, my sample was from a store that didn’t refrigerate the beer. Who knows how long it had been sitting on a shelf. I’m sure if I had it in Belguim, I’d rate it much higher.


 garthicus (1216), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/102/515/20
Dec 29, 2007  
Large bottle - Amber brown/red colour, tiny head, aroma of dark fruit and malt, flavour of malt and spices yet a hint of sourness, not a bad beer but I prefer the rest of the range


 tytoanderso (1382), St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Dec 26, 2007  
Bottle. Plenty of fruity esters in the aroma. Bananas in 2% milk topped with sugar. Dry grassy yeast. Pours dark, hazy orange with a fizzy white head. Flavor is pleasant with a lot of yeast. Quite dusty. Some figs and raisins but the yeast component is big. Medium to full bodied with mouth filling carbonation. Oh... to find a Dubbel that I like.


 weaselkenievil (738), Cheshire, England
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/517/20
Dec 23, 2007  
lovely. Very palatable, lovely aftertaste. Aroma smells of pubs and wormwood scrubs and too many scouser beatings. (I swear on my life, I wrote that first and then the tune came on, the cosmic ballet continues) Another hideously drunk rate but this is tasting damn good. My favourite Chimay? So far, tops the tripel anyway. Really really nice. Remember to buy this.


mikeyj1717 (1), peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Dec 21, 2007  
Good way to start my ratings.Nice aroma and cloudy but interesting appearance.Nice lightly bitter taste and bitter aftertaste but could make for a good dinner beer.


 Naka (524), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/517/20
Dec 20, 2007  
12 oz bottle. Pours an amber red with light, off-white foamy head. Smells of sweet caramel malts and fruit. Has an extremely malty flavor with very little bitterness. It has a dry finish with slight notes of alcohol.



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